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  • New issue of JEAHIL is out

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-07-05

    Heading for the beach or still at work? Well, anyhow you got a brand new issue of JEAHIL to read. The last few years have been a demanding period for all of us in many ways. But it has also been a time of sharing and openness in the scientific area. We have seen a major change concerning preprints and sharing research earlier. This makes an impact on the health librarians as well since we all are...

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  • New Editor in Chief for JEAHIL

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-06-30

    JEAHIL are looking for an Editor-in-Chief to be responsible for, together with the editorial board, and under the guidance of EAHIL’s executive board, defining the strategy of the journal, and managing the production of Journal of EAHIL (JEAHIL). The responsibilities of an Editor in Chief include convening board meetings, planning issue publishing in advance, chairing the board, and allocating...

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  • Reconnecting & Reflecting (Online zoom event)

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-06-23

    CONUL ERASMUS Staff Mobility Programme Wednesday 29 June 2022 (10.30-13.00 CET)  Registration deadline is Friday 24th of June! Celebrating three years of the Irish staff mobility programme for librarians/archivists and a reflection on the benefits of engaging with Erasmus staff mobility programmes.   This half day online event celebrates and reviews the success of the week-lon...

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  • Council Meeting, Rotterdam 2022

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-05-31

    Today we had our annual council meeting, as a hybrid meeting. It worked well and we hade lively discussions about how to attract new members, how to keep our members and how to get all of us more active within the association. The result will be sent out to the council members during this coming Autumn. A council member asked for a EAHIL presentation to use while networking locally. Yes, we have o...

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  • Executive Board Meeting

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-05-31

    The board had planned to have a one day meeting on Monday, but due to mishaps with the flights we had a shorter meeting on Monday and another one on Tuesday. The agenda was filled with matters concerning finance, system updates (new membership database!), JEAHIL is now looking for a new Editor in Chief, and practical things concerning the ongoing conference. ...

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  • JEAHIL editorial board

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-05-18

    Today the editorial board had its May meeting discussing new workflows within the board, when our beloved Editor in Chief are leaving her post in December 2022. We are all really looking forward to new assignments and our new way of working will need a few extra hands. More information will come in due time. We also confirmed the next issue themes, which are: Memoirs from Rotterdam (Septembe...

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  • From ‘Fake news’ to ‘infodemic’: five interesting years for librarians

    By Petra Wallgren Björk | 2022-05-10

    EAHIL and Health Library Ireland are inviting you to a webinar on the 17th of May, 2022. The presenter is Matilde Fontain from the University of Trieste and she recently defended her PhD Thesis at the University La Sapienza, Rome, a research on Information, disinformation and other words, structured as a glossary comparing Italian and English terms used in the debate. Her core thesis was a ref...

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